Law enforcement · Tallahassee Police Department

Corey Hale

TPD investigator referenced in Trial 1 testimony as conducting an early witness interview and called as a prosecution witness in Trial 2 to corroborate the timing of a key civilian disclosure and confirm suspect clearance.

Appeared Charlie Adelson

Mentioned Magbanua Retrial

52 lines · 2 appearances · 2 mentions · 2 trials

About

Hale's Trial 2 testimony provides the case record's primary law enforcement account of the timing of Jeffrey Lacasse's disclosure and the investigative basis for Lacasse's clearance as a murder suspect; his Trial 1 mention documents that early witness interviews were conducted with explicit suspect-exclusion framing.

Across Trials

Hale's standing in the record shifted materially between trials. In Trial 1 he was a background figure accessible only through a witness's recollection of a single early investigative contact: no direct testimony, no speaker proceedings, and no admitted exhibits were associated with him. In Trial 2 he testified in his own right, presenting firsthand knowledge of Lacasse's disclosure timeline, confirming investigative clearance through documentary evidence, and sponsoring the admission of a prosecution exhibit. The core facts he conveyed—the date of Lacasse's contact, the content of the disclosure, and the basis for Lacasse's clearance—were not substantially undermined on cross-examination, as the prosecution's decision to forgo redirect suggests. The transition from peripheral mention to active corroboration witness reflects both the broadening of the prosecution's evidentiary presentation in the second trial and the specific need to establish the credibility and timeliness of a key civilian informant.

Trial Record (4)

KM Magbanua Retrial May 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022

Trial Summary

Referenced in testimony as an investigator who conducted an early interview with a witness, opening the meeting by stating the team was working to exclude that person as a suspect.

Mentioned (1)

Cross

Jeffrey Lacasse - Cross

Day 2

CA Charlie Adelson Oct 26, 2023 – Nov 6, 2023

Trial Summary

Prosecution called Sergeant Corey Hale, a 23-year TPD veteran, to corroborate the timeliness of Jeffrey Lacasse's August 2014 disclosure about Charlie Adelson's "celebration dinner" remark and to confirm that Lacasse had been cleared as a murder suspect through investigative records.

Appearances (2)

Mentioned (1)

Procedural

Witness Release and Next Witness Call

Day 3